Province of Naples (historical)
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The Province of Naples (historical) was an administrative division in southern Italy centered on the city of Naples, encompassing the surrounding municipalities before being replaced by the Metropolitan City of Naples in 2015.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Province of Naples (historical) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3185758 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Province of Naples (historical) Context triple: [Portici, belongsTo, Province of Naples (historical)]
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A.
Province of Salerno
The Province of Salerno is an administrative area in southern Italy known for its capital city Salerno and the famed Amalfi Coast along its Tyrrhenian Sea shoreline.
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B.
Province of Benevento
The Province of Benevento is an inland administrative area in southern Italy known for its historic Samnite and Roman heritage, medieval architecture, and wine-producing hills within the Campania region.
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C.
Province of Caserta
The Province of Caserta is an administrative area in southern Italy known for its capital city Caserta and the monumental Royal Palace of Caserta, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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D.
Province of Avellino
The Province of Avellino is an inland administrative area in southern Italy known for its mountainous landscapes, historic towns, and wine production, with Avellino as its capital.
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E.
Province of Taranto
The Province of Taranto is an administrative division in the Apulia region of southern Italy, centered on the coastal city of Taranto and known for its industrial port, ancient history, and Mediterranean landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Province of Naples (historical) Target entity description: The Province of Naples (historical) was an administrative division in southern Italy centered on the city of Naples, encompassing the surrounding municipalities before being replaced by the Metropolitan City of Naples in 2015.
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A.
Province of Salerno
The Province of Salerno is an administrative area in southern Italy known for its capital city Salerno and the famed Amalfi Coast along its Tyrrhenian Sea shoreline.
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B.
Province of Benevento
The Province of Benevento is an inland administrative area in southern Italy known for its historic Samnite and Roman heritage, medieval architecture, and wine-producing hills within the Campania region.
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C.
Province of Caserta
The Province of Caserta is an administrative area in southern Italy known for its capital city Caserta and the monumental Royal Palace of Caserta, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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D.
Province of Avellino
The Province of Avellino is an inland administrative area in southern Italy known for its mountainous landscapes, historic towns, and wine production, with Avellino as its capital.
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E.
Province of Taranto
The Province of Taranto is an administrative division in the Apulia region of southern Italy, centered on the coastal city of Taranto and known for its industrial port, ancient history, and Mediterranean landscapes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative territorial entity
ⓘ
province of Italy ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Naples ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Province of Avellino
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Province of Caserta ⓘ Province of Salerno ⓘ |
| capital | Naples ⓘ |
| contained |
Stabiae
ⓘ
surface form:
Castellammare di Stabia
Herculaneum ⓘ
surface form:
Ercolano
Giugliano in Campania ⓘ Mount Vesuvius area ⓘ Naples ⓘ
surface form:
Naples (municipality)
Phlegraean Fields area ⓘ Pompeii ⓘ
surface form:
Pompei
Puteoli ⓘ
surface form:
Pozzuoli
Sorrentine Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Sorrento Peninsula
Torre del Greco ⓘ Capri ⓘ
surface form:
island of Capri
Ischia ⓘ
surface form:
island of Ischia
island of Procida ⓘ municipalities surrounding Naples ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| dissolvedOn | 2015 ⓘ |
| existedUntil | 31 December 2014 ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Province of Naples
ⓘ
surface form:
Provincial administration of Naples
|
| governedFrom | Palazzo Matteotti, Naples ⓘ |
| hadAdministrativeRole |
intermediate level between region and municipalities
ⓘ
local government ⓘ |
| hadCoastlineOn | Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ |
| hadGovernmentType |
president of the province
ⓘ
provincial council ⓘ |
| hadISO3166-2Code | IT-NA ⓘ |
| hadOfficialLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| hadSubdivisionType | comune ⓘ |
| hadVehicleRegistrationCode | NA ⓘ |
| historicalCenter | Naples ⓘ |
| legallyAbolishedBy | Italian law on metropolitan cities (Law 56/2014) ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Italy ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Italian Peninsula ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Naples ⓘ |
| partOf |
Campania
ⓘ
Italian Republic ⓘ |
| replacedAdministrativeStructure | Metropolitan City of Naples reform of provinces ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Metropolitan City of Naples ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Metropolitan City of Naples ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Province of Naples (historical) Description of subject: The Province of Naples (historical) was an administrative division in southern Italy centered on the city of Naples, encompassing the surrounding municipalities before being replaced by the Metropolitan City of Naples in 2015.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.